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amazon_syren) wrote2006-09-14 09:33 am
amazon_syren) wrote2006-09-14 09:33 am
BPAL Madness III
Left Wrist: Queen of Sheba: Honey, almonds, and spices. [1]
Right Wrist: Wrath: Dragon’s blood, black pepper, cinnamon & cloves.
Queen of Sheba: When it first goes on, it has a pretty heady throw. It's pretty perfumy, but buttery too. The throw dies down fairly quickly, though. Bitter orange? That's what I'm getting from this one, mostly.
Two minutes after putting it on, the buttery scent is back. I'm assuming that's the honey. [Note: when I say 'buttery', I mean a slippery smell, something viscous or greasy, that can be both plesant and unplesant depending on what it's paired with] -- <*smells wrist again*> Yeah, I think that's the honey coming out.
Wrath: At first application... wow... That just fades down to nothing, doesn't it? Right *on* my wrist, I can smell something that's like... industrial cleaning fluid, um... Maybe that's the pepper combining with the dragon's blood, I think... Maybe...
I'm picking up one of the spices... probably the cinnamon, sort of floating just at the very top of the scent. [One minute later] Okay, now the cloves are coming out. Granted, they're kind of burning my nose a bit, so... hrm...
I'm going to go grocery shopping now, but I'll be back in half an hour to let you know what these two turned into after a little bit of time.
Currently, I'm not too fond of either of them, although if I had to wear one or the other, I'd wear Queen of Sheba.
Oh, a note about Bastet: it lasts longer than O, though not as long as Blood did (that I know of). Once it chills out a little, it's quite nice -- probably the myrrh and almond that stuck around. :-)
[Edit: One hour later]
Okay. An hour later, and Queen of Sheba has faded to a soft, powdery sweetness on my skin. Mm. Yummy. Why couldn't it smell like that the whole time?
Wrath, on the other hand, smells like... orange peels. And still a bit with the burnt rubber.
So. Wrath is out.
Queen of Sheba, I may give a second go to. :-)
Time to try Eden. I'll post about that in a while. :-)
[1] See, due to the honey-almonds-spices combination, I thought Queen of Sheba might be vaguely akin to what Polly, one of my favorite Discworld characters, might smell of (if only faintly). I think she's probably more of a mix of fresh O's sweet warmth and a very-dried-down Bloodkiss's bitter-spiciness. Ah, fun with perfume... I wonder of Sudha Segara (warm milk, honey, and ginger) might do the trick... :-)
Right Wrist: Wrath: Dragon’s blood, black pepper, cinnamon & cloves.
Queen of Sheba: When it first goes on, it has a pretty heady throw. It's pretty perfumy, but buttery too. The throw dies down fairly quickly, though. Bitter orange? That's what I'm getting from this one, mostly.
Two minutes after putting it on, the buttery scent is back. I'm assuming that's the honey. [Note: when I say 'buttery', I mean a slippery smell, something viscous or greasy, that can be both plesant and unplesant depending on what it's paired with] -- <*smells wrist again*> Yeah, I think that's the honey coming out.
Wrath: At first application... wow... That just fades down to nothing, doesn't it? Right *on* my wrist, I can smell something that's like... industrial cleaning fluid, um... Maybe that's the pepper combining with the dragon's blood, I think... Maybe...
I'm picking up one of the spices... probably the cinnamon, sort of floating just at the very top of the scent. [One minute later] Okay, now the cloves are coming out. Granted, they're kind of burning my nose a bit, so... hrm...
I'm going to go grocery shopping now, but I'll be back in half an hour to let you know what these two turned into after a little bit of time.
Currently, I'm not too fond of either of them, although if I had to wear one or the other, I'd wear Queen of Sheba.
Oh, a note about Bastet: it lasts longer than O, though not as long as Blood did (that I know of). Once it chills out a little, it's quite nice -- probably the myrrh and almond that stuck around. :-)
[Edit: One hour later]
Okay. An hour later, and Queen of Sheba has faded to a soft, powdery sweetness on my skin. Mm. Yummy. Why couldn't it smell like that the whole time?
Wrath, on the other hand, smells like... orange peels. And still a bit with the burnt rubber.
So. Wrath is out.
Queen of Sheba, I may give a second go to. :-)
Time to try Eden. I'll post about that in a while. :-)
[1] See, due to the honey-almonds-spices combination, I thought Queen of Sheba might be vaguely akin to what Polly, one of my favorite Discworld characters, might smell of (if only faintly). I think she's probably more of a mix of fresh O's sweet warmth and a very-dried-down Bloodkiss's bitter-spiciness. Ah, fun with perfume... I wonder of Sudha Segara (warm milk, honey, and ginger) might do the trick... :-)